Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1887-02-26
THE WITcH,s FATE
A Cruel Prejudice of Old Times More Than
EqualIed Now.

Not many decades ago in this coun-
try, the people were excited over WITCH
craft. Persons suspected were thrown
ihlo lhe water; II not witches, they
would drown; If they were witches.
they would swim ashore, and would be
put to death In any event, they were
doomed!
Not many years ago il person were
taken sick with advanced disorder az
the kidneys, the physician would pro-
nounce the disease Bright's disease. and
when so declared, he regarded his re-
sponslbility at an end, lor medical an
thority admitted that the disease was
incurable.
When the physician found patient
thus afflicted, he would say, ron,
slight attack OF the kidneys: will be all
right IN little while. I" He knew the
contrary. But If he could keen his
patient on his hands for a few months.
he knew he would derive great reye.
nue. rom his case, and then when the
disease had progressed to certain
stage me would state the facts and retire
exOnerated from all blame.
but the error of supposing the dis
ease lncurable, has swayed the public
mind, long after the fact has ceased To
be. But public opion, has been edu-
Gated to the true status OF the case by
those who have discounted the ineura-
blllty theory, and the public recognizes
and testlties to the fact that Warmers
sale cure is a specific for this disease.
This has been shown with thousands of
testimonials.
Upon referring to them in our files
we find that $1,000 reward will be given
to any one who can prove that SO far
as the manufacturers know they are not
genuine, and that hundreds of thous-
ands similar in character could be pub
lished, II it were necessary.
This condition of things is very
amusing to the journalist, who looks
uIpon, all sides of every question. Proof
should be accepted by all, but prejudice
nights proof for many years. 1t seems
that when a proprietary medicine is
dong the good that Warmers s safe cure
is that the physicians do not publicly
endorse it. Many of them, we are told,
privately prescribe it.
A few years ago, as stated, when n
man had Bright's disease, the doctor
boldly announced it, because he
thought it relieved him OF responsible
ty.
To-day when prominent people are
dying (and hundreds of thousands of
common people die of the same dis
ease), we are told that doctors disguise
the fact that it is Brights disease OF the
kidneys and say that they die OF
paralysis, of appoplexy, OF pneumonia,
OF consumption, of general debility, OF
rheumatism, OF heart disease, of blood
poisoning, or some of the names OF the
direct effects OF kidney disease They
are not the real disease itself.
We sometimes wonder if thew avoid
stating the real cause of disease for fear
they will drive the public into patronage
OF the only scientific proprietary
specific for kidney diseases that onei-
nate IN inactive kidneys.
We do not blieve every advertisement
we read Some people perhaps may re-
gard this article as IN advertisement
and will not believe it, but we are can
did enough to say that we believe the
parties above mentioned have stated
their case and proved it, and under
such circumstances the public is un-
wise if it is longer influenced by adj
verse prejudice.